Key Events of Chapters in Animal Farm

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Chapter One:

Descriptions of all characters (not pigs)

Old Major's speech, telling of his dream, passing on his wisdom, which forms the basis of Animalism

Introduction of 'Beasts of England', telling of a 'golden future time'

Chapter Two:

Old Major dies

The animals organise a rebellion

Descriptions of Pigs

Old Majors dream turned into 'Animalism'- many do not understand principles

Moses spreads 'Sugarcandy mountain'

Jones is kicked out

All signs of their slavery is destroyed

The animals explore the manor house and decided that no one should live there

MANOR FARM is changed to ANIMAL FARM

The principles of Animalism 'the Seven Commandments'

Some milk disappears

Chapter Three:

The pigs assume leadership

Disagreements between Napoleon and Snowball are apparent

Commandments reduced to maxim 'Four legs good, two legs bad'

Birth of nine puppies

Pigs stealing apples and milk

Lesser of two evils- if they disagree, the pigs could fail and Jones would return

Chapter Four:

News of rebellion spreads

Mr Pilkington and Mr Fredrick are on bad terms

Battle of the Cowshed

Boxer and Snowball are rewarded for bravery

Chapter Five:

Mollie disappears

Snowball proposes windmills

Snowball's expulsion

Boxer's maxim 'Napoleon is always right'

Squealer tells that the windmill will be built

Chapter Six:

Animals work and 60 hour week and sundays

The pigs move into the farm house

Commandments are amended

Windmill is destroyed, Snowball is blamed

Chapter Seven:

Conditions worsen and animals face starvation

Napoleon sells hen's eggs, who rebel

Snowball becomes a scapegoat for everything that goes wrong

Trial, confessions and deaths of animals

Beasts of England is forbidden

Chapter Eight:

Sixth commandment justifies killing of animals

The animals are worse off but Squealer uses statistics to convince them otherwise

Wood is sold to Frederick who pays with forged notes

Battle of the Windmill

Poem composed by Minimus glorifying Napoleon

Animals give thanks to Napoleon for every good fortune

Chapter Nine:

Boxer looks forward to his retirement

Young pigs are educated separately

Animal farm becomes a republic

Moses talks of Sugarcandy Mountain again

Boxer falls and is taken away

Chapter ten:

Animals die but none retire

Few of the young animals understand Animalism

The farm is rich but the animals are not

Napoleon walks on his hind legs carrying a whip

'Four legs good, two legs better'

All animals are equal but some are more equal than others